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116.8539344. I PATBNTBD MAY 14, l1907. W. I. TUTTLB.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 10. 1905.

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WASHINGTON l. TUTTLE, OF BALTMORE, MRYLAND.

,ESX H EEPTGLE,

No. sessie.

Specification of Lettere atent.

Patented May 14., 1907.

'llo .f1/ZZ -whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, 'Vter-micron l'. Tur rLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the itate'oi Maryland, have invented new and useful improvements in IBoxes or vReceptacles, of which the following is a speciication. Y

My .invention relation to new and useful improvements in bones or receptacles, and more particularly to bores the Walls of which are formed of sections which are secured to each other by suitable connecting devices to provide a continuous Wall; and

the primary object of the invention is to pro 'vide a box which is extremely simple in 'oonstruction, inexpensive of production and durable in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a box of the character mentioned, the bottom and Walls oil which may be constructed from a single blank of material, preferably sheetlrnetal,` and to provide a novel and improved means for securing the meeting edges of the Wall sections together without the use of solder. A further object of the invention is to provide av box, the bottom and side Walls of lwhich may be struck up from a sin le blank of material so formed that blanks iiir boxes of various depths may be out Without the necessity of providing cutting dies of Kdifferent sizes.

Briefly and generally stated, the invention resides in providing in a box structure of the character set forth, an improved means for uniting the 'meeting ed es of the opstanding walls or Walbseetions o the box, which me ans consists of a connecting device and outstanding members or projections struck out ci the body ol the walls and engaged by said device I to hold the Walls in rigid relation to each other, said members being preferably located at points removed 'from the meeting edges of the walls.

l'have fully and clearly illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings ,to be taken as a part of this specification,and

wherein Figure4 l'is a plan view of the blank from which the boxis made. Fig. Z is a perspecv tive-view oi' the completed box, the hinged is a seci cover being vthrown back. Fig.

the box and tional view through a corner o thereto the fastening device for the weils, said section being taken on a line throu h the outstandmenibeis on the Walde, t e view showing the parte in position before the'connecting- 'ieee is Aresse-d down.- Fig.' 4 isa view similiar to Fig. 3, after the corner connection has been finished. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the corner before the eonneetin -piece is applied in position to unite .the .wa ls. Fig. 6 is a pers ective view of the connecting' piece. Fig. f2 1s a the hinge or the cover of the box is formed. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the cover removed frorn the box with the hinges attached Referring to 'the drawings and rnore particularly to Fig.` 1, the reference numeral 1 designates a blank of sheet metal from which the box is to be made, said blank being of a size to produce a boX of' the dimensions and capacit desired. The particular form o' blank slio of this application, is cut to produce a rectan ular receptacle, and as so cut consists of t e rectangular bottom section 2, having formed integral therewith end Wings 3, and side Wings 4, said Wings, when the boxis formed, being bent up at an angle to the' plane yof the bottoni to constitute the end and side walls 5 and 6 of the box, as shown in Fig. 2. ln the form of box shown in the drawings, the end and side Walls 5 and 6 are bent at right angles to the bottom 2 and it will be seen that said walls assume positions at'right angles to each otherlto form a rectangular box. The meeting edges ofthe walls of the box, or those edges which abut each other when the borCis formed, are cut on continuous straight lines so that when the wings are bent up to provide the walls for the box, said adjacentstraight edges of the end and side walls will meet to lorm a close joint from top to bottom ofthe walls, and also assist in lending rigidity'to the box when completed. i

' ln order to provide a smooth and neat edge for the box, l prefer to turn or fold the free edge ol' cach of the side and end wings over and down into the box. f These turned o r folded over portions are indicated by the reference numeral 5a in l? ig. 2 of the drawmss- I will now proceed to describe the novel and improved means which I have devised,

lan view o the blank from which IOO are arranged'in vertical alinement, but it will which is tol be secured to the edge clamps the walls to each other.

fol rigidly' connecting the meeting edges of the'boX walls. This means consists broadly of loutstanding members arranged on the olter sid'e of the body of each of the walls at points adjacent the vertical edges thereof, but l'removed a short distance therefrom, which, members are, when the box is com- 4pleted, engaged by a connecting ieee,I which n the drawings have shown the -outstandin members just referred to, as being rovided y punching each wall section a jacent to the edge of an adjacentwall, to form tongues 7', t e free ends of which are at first directed toward the edge of the -wall, but which are afterward bent back upon the body of the wall as shown in Fig. 5, so' as to take apositionreverse to that they originally assume, and in such a manner as to project at an angle to the Wall to leave a s'pace S'b'etween them and the wall, for a .purpose to be hereinafter. stated. It will be l'perceived upon-reference to the drawings,

' that the tongues are formed with their bases,

or the oints at which they are attached to 'the-wage removed from the vertical meeting edges of the walls, and this is done in order thaty said edges 4may closely engage each other to forma close joint at the corner of #the xbox. Another""advantage which might be,

stated at this point to be gained by forming the tongues from the body of the blank with theirbases locatedat a point removed from the edges thereof, is that no especially formed dies or punches will-be required .'to out the'edges of the walls, which, as heretofore stated, are perfectl/ystraivht, which permits thesaidl edgestozjbe out by an. ordinary cutter, -no matter what depth box is to be made and the tongues 'need no especially constructed punch 1n their formation. The advantages just stated notonly add greatly w in producing a satisfactory article, butalso simplify to a large extent 'the process of manufacturl l y A material saving of stock, which is an .item of great importance in the extensive Vmanufacture of boxes, is effected b striking upthe tongues from the material o the walls o the box at points removed from the abutting edges of such walls, or withthe basis of the tonguesremoved'from such edges as describedA In the drawings each wall is shown provided with two outstanding members, which be understood that in a deeper boxA4 a greater 4number of said mrnbers may be#l employed, or 1n a shallow 130x, one of the members may be dispensed with.

The conneoting-piece for engaging thef tongues .7 to unite the meeting edges of the ceased directed, so that when the locking element is,

in osition, the ton es and fianges are interloc ed, the free en s of the'tongues entering in behind the fianges, and the free ends of the iianges entering in behind the tongues. The connectingvpiece, as just described, is ada ted to be fitted to the corner of the box wal s, on the outside 'theredf, the corner of' said connectin -piece receiving' the meeting ends of the wa ls and the wings 411 lying one in engagement with each of the walls, the inturned lianges 12 engaging beneath the outstanding members of the box-walls. The connecting-piece is applied to thecorner by placing t ,e inturned fianges at one end Vthereof in engagement with the ends of the tongues, and then by thrusting the piece.

lengthwise until the tongues are entirelyengaged and the corner completely covered.`

In order to provide a rigid joint; and to'f revent the said connectingpiece from sli ing out of' engagement with the tongues, I flatten the connecting-piece by a press or other 'suitable .means, so as to bring the piece'and Atong-,files into close engagement, the inturned flanges 12 being bent doivnu on 'the wings 11, to grasp and tightlyil hol and the latter pressed down upon the box walls to hold said inturned flanges.-

. It will be seen that in applying theI connecting-piece the meeting edges of the walls are drawn together. into engagement with each other so as to form a close joint at the corner and that when the connecting-piece is pressed down, it effectually'closes the openings inthe the tongues,

box wall fromwhich the tongues have been punched.

'B' constructing a box in the manner herein s own and described, it will be seen that there' are no projecting parts on the* interior thereof at the corners. `This is of special importance, since it is often desirable to linotheside walls of boxes of this class, with paper or cardboard, and it will be apparent/h that if there were interior projecting parts at the corners, vit would be extremely difficult to secure a neat and close fit of the liningy material, es eeially if this material was com-` posed of sti paper or cardboard.

The manner of connecting the boro walls will also be found advantageous in that it izo perinits a wider. range of decoration than in 1 those boxes the walls of which are united by solder. The sheet material employed in the manufacture of these boxes is usually lacquered or enameled prior to the formation of the box and it will be readily seen that b the use of the corner fastening shown an scribed, there is no danger of the ornamentaedges and free-ended corner locking elements ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set struck up from the material of the Walls, myhand in presenoeof two subscribing witthe bases rof which are removed from. and'A ,messes whose free ends are turned away from the 1 r WASHINGTON I. TUTTLE.

5 edges ofthe walls, and a corner fastener hevfWitnesses:

ing counterpart locking elements to inter-y GEO. F. WiLsON, lock with those ofthe side walls. CEAS. M. STEEL. 

